John Strafford went to the “Duke of York Royal Military School” from 1954 to 1960 having a military upbringing.
Strafford has spent over ten years researching the Battle of Monte Natale and presented a film about the battle to the Royal British Legion having been to the battlefield several times. In 2022 he took part in an interview with Italian Television shown at the Roman Amphitheatre in Minturno, about the war in Italy.
Other published works include “Our Fight for Democracy” – a history of democracy in the United Kingdom.